Attacks involved the use of Rich Communication Services messages indicating false payments.
More than 2,000 phishing websites have utilized a phishing kit dubbed "Xiū gǒu" to facilitate scams concerning government payments, postal services, and motorists against users globally.
According to Hackread, the scams have been targeted against users in the U.S., Australia, Japan, Spain, and the UK since September.
Attacks involved the use of Rich Communication Services messages indicating false payments that included links redirecting to websites spoofing government agencies, postal services, and banking entities.
According to a report by Netcraft, inputted personal and payment information is exfiltrated by threat actors leveraging the phishing kit, which conceals malicious activity through the anti-bot and hosting obfuscation features of Cloudflare.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
